1981 Pittsburgh Steelers Game Log

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Record: 8-8-0, 2nd in AFC Central Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Chuck Noll (8-8-0)

Points For: 356 (22.3/g) 8th of 28

Points Against: 297 (18.6/g) 11th of 28

Expected W-L: 9.7-6.3

SRS: 2.70 (12th of 28), SOS: -0.99

Defensive Coordinator: Woody Widenhofer

Other Notable Asst.: Tony Dungy (Defensive Assistant), Tom Moore (Wide Receivers) and George Perles (Assistant Head Coach)

Stadium: Three Rivers Stadium

Founder/Principal Owner/President: Art Rooney

Director of Player Personnel/de facto General Manager: Dick Haley

Defensive Alignment: 4-3

Preseason Odds: Super Bowl +800

Training Camp: St. Vincent College (Latrobe, Pennsylvania)

Game Logs

Game Logs Table
								Score		Passing											Rushing				Scoring				Punting
Week	Day	Date			OT		Opp	Tm	Opp	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	Sk	Yds	Y/A	NY/A	Cmp%	Rate	Att	Yds	Y/A	TD	FGM	FGA	XPM	XPA	Pnt	Yds	ToP
1	Sun	September 6	boxscore	L			Kansas City Chiefs	33	37	21	36	319	2	2	0	0	8.9	8.9	58.3	83.0	34	89	2.6	3	0	0	3	5	3	116
2	Thu	September 10	boxscore	L		@	Miami Dolphins	10	30	15	33	183	1	2	4	39	6.7	4.9	45.5	47.9	26	117	4.5	0	1	2	1	1	6	223
3	Sun	September 20	boxscore	W			New York Jets	38	10	15	30	223	0	0	2	19	8.1	7.0	50.0	74.7	56	343	6.1	5	1	1	5	5	2	74
4	Sun	September 27	boxscore	W	OT		New England Patriots	27	21	15	30	247	2	0	0	0	8.2	8.2	50.0	100.3	45	251	5.6	2	0	2	3	3	5	185
5	Sun	October 4	boxscore	W		@	New Orleans Saints	20	6	19	29	269	2	0	1	7	9.5	9.0	65.5	118.3	33	137	4.2	0	2	2	2	2	6	250
6	Sun	October 11	boxscore	W			Cleveland Browns	13	7	19	33	199	1	1	0	0	6.0	6.0	57.6	72.7	28	166	5.9	0	2	2	1	1	7	292
7	Sun	October 18	boxscore	L		@	Cincinnati Bengals	7	34	14	27	140	1	0	1	5	5.4	5.0	51.9	79.2	19	65	3.4	0	0	0	1	1	9	418
8	Mon	October 26	boxscore	W			Houston Oilers	26	13	14	28	196	2	1	1	12	7.4	6.8	50.0	81.8	37	167	4.5	1	2	2	2	3	5	232
9	Sun	November 1	boxscore	L			San Francisco 49ers	14	17	12	23	125	1	3	0	0	5.4	5.4	52.2	43.1	28	144	5.1	0	0	0	2	2	2	97
10	Sun	November 8	boxscore	L		@	Seattle Seahawks	21	24	13	22	205	1	2	1	7	9.6	8.9	59.1	67.4	38	162	4.3	2	0	2	3	3	3	159
11	Sun	November 15	boxscore	W		@	Atlanta Falcons	34	20	14	23	221	5	1	3	32	11.0	8.5	60.9	114.3	32	72	2.3	0	0	0	4	5	8	360
12	Sun	November 22	boxscore	W		@	Cleveland Browns	32	10	17	32	223	2	2	0	0	7.0	7.0	53.1	70.2	43	139	3.2	3	0	0	2	5	2	70
13	Sun	November 29	boxscore	W			Los Angeles Rams	24	0	10	19	170	1	0	4	34	10.7	7.4	52.6	100.8	44	211	4.8	2	1	1	3	3	6	269
14	Mon	December 7	boxscore	L		@	Oakland Raiders	27	30	21	36	235	3	2	4	38	7.6	5.9	58.3	82.5	30	96	3.2	1	0	0	3	4	9	419
15	Sun	December 13	boxscore	L			Cincinnati Bengals	10	17	15	30	120	1	2	3	17	4.6	3.6	50.0	43.8	25	87	3.5	0	1	1	1	1	5	191
16	Sun	December 20	boxscore	L		@	Houston Oilers	20	21	13	30	151	0	1	3	21	5.7	4.6	43.3	45.3	36	126	3.5	2	2	2	2	2	6	286

Opponent Game Logs

Opponent Game Logs Table
								Score		Passing											Rushing				Scoring				Punting
Week	Day	Date			OT		Opp	Tm	Opp	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	Sk	Yds	Y/A	NY/A	Cmp%	Rate	Att	Yds	Y/A	TD	FGM	FGA	XPM	XPA	Pnt	Yds	ToP
1	Sun	September 6	boxscore	L			Kansas City Chiefs	33	37	14	26	214	2	1	3	28	9.3	7.4	53.8	90.9	40	139	3.5	1	3	4	4	4	5	100
2	Thu	September 10	boxscore	L		@	Miami Dolphins	10	30	14	34	161	1	1	0	0	4.7	4.7	41.2	53.7	36	185	5.1	2	1	3	3	3	3	36
3	Sun	September 20	boxscore	W			New York Jets	38	10	14	33	174	1	2	2	19	5.8	5.0	42.4	44.3	21	84	4.0	0	1	2	1	1	5	108
4	Sun	September 27	boxscore	W	OT		New England Patriots	27	21	23	43	323	1	1	2	11	7.8	7.2	53.5	76.0	32	115	3.6	2	0	0	3	3	7	193
5	Sun	October 4	boxscore	W		@	New Orleans Saints	20	6	15	24	102	0	4	5	48	6.3	3.5	62.5	32.3	35	78	2.2	0	2	2	0	0	5	108
6	Sun	October 11	boxscore	W			Cleveland Browns	13	7	20	42	279	1	2	1	10	6.9	6.5	47.6	57.5	32	166	5.2	0	0	2	1	1	5	106
7	Sun	October 18	boxscore	L		@	Cincinnati Bengals	7	34	16	28	330	2	0	3	16	12.4	10.6	57.1	122.6	43	164	3.8	2	2	2	4	4	4	73
8	Mon	October 26	boxscore	W			Houston Oilers	26	13	16	24	231	1	1	3	30	10.9	8.6	66.7	94.3	28	76	2.7	0	2	3	1	1	4	81
9	Sun	November 1	boxscore	L			San Francisco 49ers	14	17	23	38	200	1	2	1	10	5.5	5.1	60.5	61.3	39	130	3.3	1	1	2	2	2	5	114
10	Sun	November 8	boxscore	L		@	Seattle Seahawks	21	24	18	25	260	1	0	2	17	11.1	9.6	72.0	118.7	33	96	2.9	2	1	2	3	3	4	61
11	Sun	November 15	boxscore	W		@	Atlanta Falcons	34	20	33	50	380	2	2	5	36	8.3	6.9	66.0	85.4	22	61	2.8	0	2	3	2	2	5	110
12	Sun	November 22	boxscore	W		@	Cleveland Browns	32	10	18	39	219	1	6	1	8	5.8	5.5	46.2	32.9	28	146	5.2	0	1	3	1	1	1	37
13	Sun	November 29	boxscore	W			Los Angeles Rams	24	0	15	37	103	0	4	3	32	3.6	2.6	40.5	8.8	21	71	3.4	0	0	1	0	0	9	355
14	Mon	December 7	boxscore	L		@	Oakland Raiders	27	30	18	29	257	3	1	3	18	9.5	8.0	62.1	110.8	38	214	5.6	0	1	1	3	4	5	98
15	Sun	December 13	boxscore	L			Cincinnati Bengals	10	17	21	35	215	2	1	0	0	6.1	6.1	60.0	84.8	33	103	3.1	0	1	2	2	2	4	68
16	Sun	December 20	boxscore	L		@	Houston Oilers	20	21	24	37	335	3	2	6	42	10.2	7.8	64.9	98.4	19	41	2.2	0	0	1	3	3	7	185

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